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New policy anchored on 1968 resolution
Almost two million Social Security System members, who lacked 120 monthly contributions when they reached age 65 on April 1 this year, will lose their pension if they fail to apply and get approval for voluntary membership payment, which is no longer allowed under a policy, a senior official said.
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Internet balloons to aid small business- DOST pushes use of cloud in gov’t with ‘GovCloud’
- Google to beam Internet from balloons
- Vibal Foundation leads forum on data privacy in education
- TESDA gets Google Apps grant for e-mail, collaboration needs
- Globe unveils cloud solutions
- Technopreneurs’ race to success
- Hands-on: LG Optimus G E975
- Future ‘King of the Streets?’
- Peaceful role for drones explored at conference
- US spy chief: Surveillance program thwarted attacks
Editorial
We cannot fault leaders of the House of Representatives for trying again to remove constitutional restrictions on the foreign ownership of land and businesses.
Opinion
Sports
Spurs shoot for clincher
Miami — The San Antonio Spurs are making a habit of winning bounce-back games in the 2013 National Basketball Association playoffs.
- Piñol confirms Heredia role in Dapudong’s win
- Spurs zero in on NBA crown
- Euro exec blasts AIBA
- Rose outduels Lefty for title
- Tayao-Cabrera delivers lone Asian win for PH
- Filipina tossers bow to Indonesians
- Guarde, Estrope shine in Kudarat netfest
- Asi open to PBA return
- HK football body to implement measures dealing with racism
- Ardina-Ikeda battle looms
- PSC ready to give PH’s 4×100 team its gold-medal bonus
- Maidana on the rise
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Real Estate
Demand for housing outside of Metro Manila runs high — CBRE
AT least 3,000 housing units are being sold every month in Metro Manila’s peripheral provinces and cities as growth potential for these areas continue to soar over the past year.
- Medium rise township project to rise in Bicutan
- Greenfield aims to recreate Mandaluyong City
- Daiichi bags Asia Pacific Property Award
- Century City Mall to set the stage for a shopping district North of Makati
- PH office rent market hottest in Asia
- Escalades at 20th Avenue: Ready for the Great Life
- Construction firm celebrates Earth Day with innovative, nature-friendly formwork
- SM cites resilient investments in disaster risk reduction
- GREEN: The new gold in real estate
- Socialized housing group credits housing for the poor programs
- MST launches Property and Construction Section
- Mirobeni Property Holdings’ The Birch Tower
Business
Govt eyes inflation-linked bonds
The Philippines plans to sell its first inflation-linked bonds in the fourth quarter before returning to the global debt market in 2014 after a year’s absence, Treasurer Rosalia de Leon said.
- Tiu unit pursuing P1-b IPO
- EDC signs Peru, Chile contracts
- Globe Telecom interconnects Coron
- Neda: Ties with middle-income countries to boost growth
- Power deficit stalls regional growth
- Chemrez declares dividends
- Market gains; URC, Alliance Global up
- Rural banks’ bad loans rose in 2012
- Manila Standard Today — Business Daily Stock Review (June 18, 2013) issue
- P20-b resort to rise in Subic
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Motoring
- Burning rubber with Lexus
- Marilao Bridge reopens ahead of schedule
- The new ‘Sheriff’ is a woman
- Better visibility during rainy season
- Twice the fun
- Chalk 1 up for carens
- Students gear up for Eco-marathon
- Drive fuel-efficiently with the all-new Suzuki Swift Dzire
- The Pony express
- BMW unwraps lease package
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Lifestyle
- The wait is over: CN Blue takes Manila by storm
- Crazy for CNBlue
- Tech startups inspire ‘belief in ideas’
- The new ‘MTV Generation’
- Polo shirt sports the colors of flags
- Fashion’s finest at Met Gala
- Rajo’s tribute to moms
- All work, no life?
- The oil of life
- Brazilian carnival in Mandaluyong
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